by Ryan Cleckner | May 13, 2026 | ATF, FFL, Popular
Understanding the cost of an FFL is one of the first steps in determining whether a Federal Firearms License is right for you and which license type best fits your goals. As a firearms attorney who’s represented and helped hundreds of FFLs against the ATF and...
by Ryan Cleckner | Sep 5, 2017 | ATF, ATF Rulings
Recently the ATF published Procedure 2017-1 (not ATF Ruling 2017-1). ATF Procedure 2017-1 “set[s] forth the record-keeping and National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) procedures for a Federal firearms licensee (FFL) who facilitates the transfer...
by Ryan Cleckner | Aug 25, 2017 | ATF, NFA, Statistics
Welcome to the mother-load of ATF-related data on NFA firearms! Each year the ATF publishes a report that includes data on the number of firearms in commerce (made, exported, and imported) and statistics on NFA firearms (forms, revenue, and distribution) and FFLs...
by Ryan Cleckner | Aug 23, 2017 | ATF, Statistics
Welcome to the mother-load of ATF-related data on firearms in commerce! Each year the ATF publishes a report that includes data on the number of firearms in commerce (made, exported, and imported) and statistics on NFA firearms (forms, revenue, and distribution) and...
by Ryan Cleckner | Aug 3, 2017 | ATF, ATF Rulings, FFL, News
The ATF just released their July 2017 newsletter. These ATF newsletters are periodically released to help update the firearms industry on internal ATF news, as well as clarify and/or explain recent ATF rulings. This newsletter covered: Announcement – ATF stands...
by Ryan Cleckner | May 9, 2017 | ATF, ATF Forms, News
The ATF revised the Form 4473 most recently in October 2016, and the new 4473 was required to be used starting on January 16, 2017. 4473 Paper Copies Unfortunately, the ATF shut off their eForm 4473 software because they didn’t update it in time for the new...